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Get caffeinated with the Trieste coffee pass

March 8, 2017 by Nat & Tim 9 Comments

trieste coffee pass

Trieste coffee pass We love coffee, so when we spotted the Trieste coffee pass while visiting the central tourism office we knew it was a must do while we were here. For a very affordable €3.00, we received a booklet with six tickets redeemable for one coffee each. A total of 8 antico cafes to […]

Filed Under: #foodtourism, #theextraordinaryitaliantaste, #VaBene, City Card, Europe, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy Tagged With: caffè, Caffè San Marco, Caffè Tommaseo, Carso, coffee, coffee pass, europe, italy, Karst, pasticceria la Bomboniera, slovenia, trieste, trieste coffee pass

Laura and the food tour: a food-centric day in Turin

February 4, 2017 by Nat & Tim 8 Comments

Turin food tour

Food tour with Laura If you’ve never taken a food tour when visiting a new city or country, you are really missing out. Faced with the big city of Turin we had some ideas of the local dishes but wanted to get down to the root of the food scene and history and a tour […]

Filed Under: #foodtourism, #theextraordinaryitaliantaste, #VaBene, DOP, Europe, food, IGP, Italy, pasta making, Protected Designation of Origin, Tourism, travel, Turin Tagged With: baratti & milano, caffe mulassano, cappuccino, chocolate, coffee, farmers market, food, food tour, gianduiotto, guido gobino, Laura Sgarlazzetta, mercato di porta palazzo, steffanone fratelli, turin, vegetables

Parachute Coffee or how to afford that flight to Europe {COCONUT SHAKERATO}

September 29, 2014 by Nat & Tim 6 Comments

Parachute Coffee

A parcel of deliciousness Doesn’t everyone get excited when they receive a package in the mail? Imagine our excitement when we received a parcel filled with something we just can’t do without, coffee! We opened it up and even though it was late in the afternoon and we knew we wouldn’t sleep. We just had to […]

Filed Under: Canada, food, recipe, recipes, review Tagged With: coffee, coffee roasters, Condiments and Drinks, food bloggers of canada, parachute coffee

It’s A Revolution

June 1, 2013 by Nat & Tim 8 Comments

espro, reviews

2.25 billion cups a day Every morning we get up, put the kettle on and make a cup of coffee. Some call it a ritual, others an addiction, call it what you will, that first taste is the most satisfying wake-up call you could ever experience. Comforting and warm, like the bed you just left […]

Filed Under: Canada, review Tagged With: coffee, espro, french press

Torino, Images of a Shrouded City

September 14, 2012 by Nat & Tim 5 Comments

Torino Turin is best known as the stage of the 2006 winter Olympics. It is the home of the Shroud of Turin and is also known as the Automobile Capital of Italy as it is home to Fiat. Turin is a great city, packed with museums, galleries, parks and one of the biggest outdoor/indoor markets […]

Filed Under: Europe, Italy, photography, Tourism, travel Tagged With: coffee, europe, italy, market, photography, piedmont, torino, turin

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